Is reading nautilus docs a worthwhile activity?

[Michal Jaegermann]

I decided to see what I can do with Computer->Network in nautilus.
Well, one can click on that and this opens a window with something
which says "Windows Network".  The catch is that I do not have
any "Windows Network" around so this is kinda useless.  I do have
some, say, NFS servers exporting various file systems and in section
7.8.2 of nautilus help one can read this:

<quote>
To access UNIX shares, double-click on the Unix Network (NFS)
object. A list of the UNIX shares available to you is displayed
in the file manager window.
</quote>

Well, there is no "Unix Network" to double-click on but

<quote>
7.8.2.1 To Add a Network Place

To add a network place, perform the following steps:

1. Open the file manager and choose Places->Computer.
  Alternatively, double-click on the Computer object on the
  Desktop. A file object window is displayed.

2. Double-click on the Add Network Place object. The
  Add Network Place dialog is displayed. ...
</quote>

Try as might I cannot find any "Add Network Place object".
OK, so maybe not everything is lost.  We have in documentation this:

<quote>
7.8.3.1 To Add a Network Server

To add a network server, choose Applications->Network Servers.
A file object window is displayed. Double-click on the New Server
object. A New Server dialog is displayed. Enter the name of the
server in the dialog, then click OK.
<quote>

There are "Network Servers" on the main menu but choosing that
opens again useless "Windows Network" and no "New Server object"
around as far as I can discern.

Is this just a normal nautilus behaviour or I am missing something
profound?  I tried with the latest nautilus-2.6.0-6 from rawhide but
earlier versions looked exactly the same.

Michal

[Alan Cox]

On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 11:43:45PM -0600, Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> <quote>
> To access UNIX shares, double-click on the Unix Network (NFS)
> object. A list of the UNIX shares available to you is displayed
> in the file manager window.
> </quote>
>
> Well, there is no "Unix Network" to double-click on but

I don't think FC included the user space NFS mess.
> Is this just a normal nautilus behaviour or I am missing something
> profound?  I tried with the latest nautilus-2.6.0-6 from rawhide but
> earlier versions looked exactly the same.

For webdav (which is the one thing I'm using) it certainly works to open
https://some.box/davspace/

[Michal Jaegermann]

On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 09:09:41AM -0400, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 11:43:45PM -0600, Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> > Well, there is no "Unix Network" to double-click on but
>
> I don't think FC included the user space NFS mess.

Surely there is autofs, and this can be configured to include NFS,
and there are also am-utils (i.e. amd) although no such requirements
are mentioned in nautilus help.
> > Is this just a normal nautilus behaviour or I am missing something
> > profound?  I tried with the latest nautilus-2.6.0-6 from rawhide but
> > earlier versions looked exactly the same.
>
> For webdav (which is the one thing I'm using) it certainly works to open
> https://some.box/davspace/

Quite possibly one can use "Open a server" dialog for ftp as well.
I did not try though as I was curious what on a network I can make
"clickable" in some nautilus window.  Does not look like much
contrary to what documentation says (and sftp could be useful).

Michal

difference between Putty backspace and SecureCRT only on Emacs on Fedora box

[Michael Boord]

Hi,

Dunno if this is totally Fedora Related... but dont have this problem on
my Debian Linux box..

I always used to edit in Emacs over a SSH connection.
I used to use Putty.. The backspace worked fine in Emacs.

Now I switched to SecureCrt cuz of some nice options it has.
Suddenly Backspace does all kind of weird things.

Anyone a clue what is might be?!?

Cheers,

Mike